Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
2019
The Decarie Report 2019-07-16 23:02:00
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/16/july-on-course-to-be-hottest-month-ever-say-climate-scientists Nah. It ain’t happenin’._________________________________________________________________
This Is What John Lewis Speaks So Feelingly Against
John Lewis spoke from the heart about this: And John Conway 111, husband of chief Trump defender Kelly Ann Conway, has this to say about her boss: Naivete, resentment and…
JJuly 16COMPUTER PROBLEMS…..
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-ambassador-us-iran-deal-1.5211399 This is pure greed to satisfy American oil billionaires. It’s also wildly illegal. And it’s bloody dangerous for all of us. But it’s popular among the Evangelical Christians –…
From The Heart
In light of the rampant racism that seems to be engulfing Western nations, John Lewis utters words we all need to hear. I know racism when I see it. I…
Sears and St. Germaine’s sentencing delayed yet again
Here we are with yet another chapter in what seems like the never-ending saga of the James Sears/LeRoy St. Germaine sentencing hearing. Those of you who have stuck with me…
Another Chilly Day.
The Tories might like to pretend global warming isn’t happening. Tell that to the folks in Nunavit. Not just Nunavit but Alert, Nunavit, the northernmost settlement in Canada. Today Nunavit…
Let’s Talk About Social Cohesion
It’s what happens when political partisans place party ahead of the public. That’s our world today. We live in a deeply fractured society by no means on the scale of…
The Royals Who Wrote
Recently I’ve been in the process of de-cluttering my bookshelves of some of the hundreds of magazines I’ve bought overthe last few years. After keeping a few stacks of the…
Andrew Scheer’s Big Ford Corruption Problem
I don't like to brag, but even before he became Premier I predicted that Doug Ford would lead his government into the swamp of corruption.There was just something about him…
Save the Chateau? Buy it
Several lifetimes ago, when this writer was a Chief of Staff in Jean Chretien’s government – and when the Reform Party was a political force to be reckoned with –…
Liberals use ‘human rights’ to push coup in Venezuela
Photo by Joseph Morris The modern way to overthrow a government the capitalist world doesn’t like is by claiming to do it in the name of supporting ‘human rights’. This…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alastair Campbell discusses how the latest group of right-wing demagogues has progressed from being post-truth to being post-shame. – IMFBlog examines how…
He’s No Populist. He’s A Racist.
For nearly three years, the conventional wisdom has been that Donald Trump is a populist. His proclamations in the last three days prove that he’s no such thing. Paul Krugman…
When voters can care less.
When we talk about the Ontario voters who now regret their urge to vote for the Ford conservatives last year, we are hardly talking about all. Many of these same…
Yet another annual message to the Calgary Stampede: real men don’t hurt animals for entertainment
There will be a “thorough review process surrounding chuckwagon safety” after the deaths of six horses during the 2019 Calgary Stampede, which is now mercifully over. Oh, please! There will…
Well-being as National Security
When the term “national security” crops up, our thoughts usually turn to things military. Indeed the dictionary on my Mac defines national security as “the safety of a nation against…
What Trump Understands About America
Donald Trump has a shrewd understanding of America. He knows it’s not “one nation, under god, with liberty and justice for all.” He knows it’s not a country in which…